PSYC 2130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Thought Suppression, Impulsivity, Immunoglobulin E

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2130
• Professor: Ian Mc Gregor

Document Summary

All of our lives revolve around desire. Rats don"t learn responses, they learn goals: block the original response to stimulus + they"ll adopt a new means to achieve same goal. (if stimulus-response, when blocked, will just stop) Central theme in personality theories under different names: Freud: drives; drives are blocked and > neuroses + catharsis needed to empty accumulated e from blocked drives. Generates output output - what you do to reduce discrepancy b/t goal and comparator. Look at what you have, if discrepancy still present, repeat cycle to reduce discrepancy reduction (getting closer to the goal) = key to well-being. Good feelings result from the process; get tunnel vision if going well + everything else fades from awareness. Signals successful approach of the goal --> goal shielding goal shielding - absorption, engagement, flow (complete goal immersion) Heightened goal tenacity, mental narrowing on goal-related stimuli + automatic inhibition of goal irrelevant stimuli {distractions, conflicting goals}